Fantastic morning at the lake with only one missing ingredient ” Wind”,   12 skippers hung around for a 30 minute postponement and then we had a slow start it probably took 10 minutes for boats to get to the start line ,, anyway it was a beat into a south westerly  !/?’>)&$, up the East bank and one lap was plenty, Jen Hand started well and took the win in the first race,  Bob Geary was with his new Sedici and did rather well for a first time out, and it was only one point that seperated Chris Graves From Bob at the end. The beat was fluky and if you got on the wrong side it was dificult to recover. Peter Cogill had a much better day recording a win in race 4 . Adrian lost his rudder servo after three promising races, but dont worry he will be on it for the next round.  All in all a very satisfying mornings racing if not frustrating for some, Well done to Chris E for his win, and well done all skippers for a enjoyable morning lake side , Thanks Graham and Mick for getting six races in, in what is probably the lightest winds seen at the farm for a very long time .

Just after the start “where do you ewant to be “

Leeward mark Tactics

Bob’s new Sedici crosses first in race 5

Phils new “Manta”

Sedici crosses a couple of B/P’S

Chris’s B/P making waves

“Whats up Mick”

Wow the concemtration.

Latest new member ???

Back to normal with the weather nice sunny day saw 9 skippers shaking off a few Xmas cobwebs could have been 10 but Mick chamberlain is still suffering with knee problems. Dave Burke and peter Webster set a great course up and down the East bank in a nice south westerlie that had all boats sporting A + rigs Well almost!!! Dave got off to a great start and was not going to be beaten to the finish line until the 6th race, Phil sailed consistantly but just could not catch speedy Dave who showed a lot of boat speed. The tuning on the DF 65’s is quite precise and you need to get it spot on and check it before going on the water for each race, having said all that the racing was close and great to watch.

Well done to Dave and of course many thanks to all the guys who showed up.  results below

Round 4 winner Dave Burke

Concentration at the start

“Just after the Start” who is in prime possition ?

5 seconds to go , where do YOU want to be .?????????????

Sorry for the delay a slight misunderstanding but here we are .

A pretty miserable morning with rain for the most part , probably the worst weather we have had at the lake all year. however there were seven starters which could have easily been nine. Mince pies port cheese and biscuits were available for the half time break thanks to Albert ( Allan) and Gordon. Ivan did the scoring and to be honest the racing was good to watch. Keith was the eventual winner, but he did not have it all his own way, Gordon chased hard but had too much port at coffee break and Mick Cooper sailed a very consistent set of races and ended up third which I know he will be very happy with.

maybe the next Df 95 race day we can do a little tuning exercise to help some boats go a little quicker.

Well done to everybody for showing up and racing and hope next time some of the regulars are back on the scene

Well done Keith .

A DF 95 at full chat on a broad reach

After the storms and high winds on Saturday who could expect light winds sunshine and a generally great days racing !!!!!

10 skippers came out to play for round five and Geoff turned up to have a bit of practice with his DF 95 , Chris E got off to a great start in race one, closely followed by Rob W with his Fraktal, Gordon Bennett was showing some great skills and got a third in race one, Jen Hand back from her Ausie adventure 32 c most days to 5 c must have been a bit of a shock, but she coped well despite have kicking strap problem’s early on. Mick Cooper showed great speed in a few races leading at the weather mark but failing to consolidate during the whole race. Adrian is improving steadily with his Sedici and will be a force to reckon with soon,. The standard of set ups on older boats continues to improve which is very pleasing, the easire it is to make small adjustments to rig if neccesary between races can make a lot of difference. The points diff between 4/5/6th was close and the same with 7/8/9th just a little tweak can move you up a couple of places.

All in all a good mornings racing one or two faces missing from the pack but it will not be long before Bob G and Mick C are back with new boats       ( mid Jan hopefully) and some of the more regular faces start showing up to have some fun.

Rob Pipped Chris for the win, first time Chris has been beaten in the series, so it is not all over yet, We are at the halfway point in the series, so the more turn out to contest it the better

well done to all the helpers , and competitors for an enjoyable morning congrats to Rob , hope to see more of him .

Rob powering upwind at the Nationals 2018

Racing at Scotland farm 2017